Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-02
state News.
HANCOCK.

ten0 Du1l0lnR nail on OcnOOi sueet--
artists are arranging to establi ii studios At
Bar Harbor this summer, and suitable
rooms are in great demand.-A. N. Farms
worth of Milbridge, has some intention OF
building a livery stable on School street,
Bar Harbor Miss Carrie Bixby of Sullivan,
will be employed in the Bar Harbor post
Office this summer.-A Winthrop man has
| taken the contract to supply the Bar Harbor
hotels with 1000 to 1900 pounds of creamery
butter a week during the season.
SOMERSET.
FAIRFIELD Our correspondent writes
May 81: Memorial Day was observed in the
usual manner. under the direction of the e.
A r. The Grafton at the rink was delivered
! by Chas. Rowell. Benton Band furnished
music. are being. made bv the
Methodist society to observe Children's Sun
day the second Sunday 10 June.-Mrs. j. F.
Nye who has been very sick with pneumonia
is better Master Stephen Wing entertained
large party of his little friends at the pa
Wilton last Wednesday evening
| NORTH MADISON. Our correspondent
writes. May 80: X. W. Brown has purchased
most of the wool in this vicinity and took at
Skownegan about $1,000 worth Saturday
f1ren oon.-The primary school has bean
closed at East Madison for few
DAYS on account Of canker ra.h
The farmers have nearly finished planting
in this neighborhood- The fruit trees show
signs of good crop the coming year.-Fred
| Thompson caught his finger between two
rocks crushing il badly, it was feared that he
| would lose his fnger.-Railroad il the prin-
cipal topic of the day. IL has been thought by
some that it is certain thing that the road
will go direct from Skowhegan TO Scion,
while others talk the East Madison route.
NORRIDGEwocK The memorial sermon
to Bates Post, G. A. X. was delivered, Sun
day afternoon in the Congregational church,
by Rev. Mr.. Jones and was highly interesting
and instructive. Monday forenoon the post
decorated the graves Of comrades at Smith
field Village, the Norridgewock brass band
accompanying them. Returning about l30
Z NJ, a procession was formed at their hall
in the following manner: lst, the guard of
four. I'd band; 3D. Bates Post; 4th, Bates
Post Ladies Relief 4th, School children.
They then marched to the South cemetery
where the usual ceremonies of decoration
were held. The procession then reformed
and proceeded to the Congregational church
where Rev. J. II. Little of Skowhegan delv-
cred very interesting Grafton. Decoration
services were next held NJ the cemetery on
the north side. A very impressive feature
in the ceremonies at the church was the ma
tiohdi mug ouppOIttu dboNc hu uIup W t"o
young ladies', one white the other colored, in
tended to represent the equality of the races,
| as one of the results of the war. While they
were thus placed procession of school chill
dren passed them, each one bearing a bou
quet which he deposited in the urn in honor
| Of the departed. Among the decorations at
the church were the colors OF the 9th Me-,
placed there by the widow of Col. Sabine
Emery of this regiment--G A. Tobey has
commenced work on the foundation of his
new house.
WASHINGTON.
The Mschias Union reports: The Machias-
port Packing Company have their sardine
building and machinery all ready for work.
| The propretors claim. and with good show
for it, that they have the best building and
best machinery of any building in Maine de-
| signed for such work. Entirely new building.
| finely lighted, work room on the second
| floor, very large, not post, brace or girder
| in the room. regular hall; this room finely
| equipped with all apparatus, tools, ETC.,
needed for use, and the factory all through
supplied with best utensils. and so arranged
| in compartments and sub.cOmpartments as to
be pleasant for operatives and convenient tor
all the help. Steam was let on few days
since the boiler and m achinerv moved like
run of sardne fish in Machias BAY and river.
We hope the fishers will fish we'll the pack
ers pack well and the ptopretors make well
in their investment while thew make labor for
| the people. mills at Jacksonville. oper
ated by F. 5. j. Talbot & CO.. consist of
| gang, rotary, etc, not a "single saw" as
stated in the Union last week. Pope Harris
G Co., of East Machias, have placed a planning
machine in their lower mill at the village
But few alewives have been taken to date,
May 2Sth,-Two salmon were caught Mon
day, Nav 23d, the first of the season.-rhe
drive on Northeast Stream has hung up; low
water.
Frank Hill, an employee of the Lacunia
company, lost the ends of two fingers of his
left hand in plsner Tuesday morning. The
! fingers were amputated at the first joint.
During the progress of game Of ball in
Ssco, Monday afternoon, Frank Mari, q
| twelve year old son of James Mari, of Saco,
was struck in the head by bat which slipped
| from players LANDS, and knocked senseless.
| Prompt and intelligent care revived him in a
| few minutes, and he was then taken to his
| home where he soon recovered from the
| shock.
freight train that was being thrswn onto
a side track in the Boston & Name freight
yard in Biddeford broke down the big wooden
bunter at the Elm street end of the track
Tuesday morning, and one truck of the rear
| car went of the iron. This thing has hap
pened to many trains, and now huge bunter
constructed of six granite blocks, each weigh
ing 200 pounds, is being built to guard
against further accidents of the kind
At town meeting held at Old Orchard
Tuesday to consider the question of supply
ing water for the town, the proposition of c.
w. TalcOtt. contractor for Turner. Clark &